This page demonstrates how to create MODS files using Archivist Utility from an Excel metadata spreadsheet.

This page demonstrates how to create MODS files using Archivist Utility from an Excel metadata spreadsheet.

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for information on how to upload MODS, see [[Uploading MODS]]

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*Save the .txt file in a prepared "Metadata" folder in the Digital_Coll_Complete directory.

*Save the .txt file in a prepared "Metadata" folder in the Digital_Coll_Complete directory.

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*Open the .txt folder with your text editor. Do a find and replace to remove all the quotation marks that have appeared during the export.

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*Open the .txt folder with your text editor.

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**Do a find and replace to remove all the quotation marks that have appeared during the export

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**Make sure the file is encoded as UTF-8 rather than ANSI or anything else. (In Notepad++, encoding will display in the bottom right corner of the screen. To change it, go to the Encoding menu and select Encode in UTF-8.)

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**Save the file.

*Open Archivist Utility.

*Open Archivist Utility.

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*Load the correct MODS template by choosing the "Load XML Template".

*Load the correct MODS template by choosing the "Load XML Template".

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**Both of these templates can be found in S:\Digital Projects\Administrative\forSoftware\ArchivistUtility

**Both of these templates can be found in S:\Digital Projects\Administrative\forSoftware\ArchivistUtility

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[[Image:MODS_2.png]]

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*Chose the "Load Data" tab and select your .txt file.

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*Choose the "Update Output" tab to check for errors.

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*Choose the "Log" tab to check for an error report.

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**If you receive an error that reads "Invalid XML output, cannot tidy output," that means you have a diacritics issue (bad character) in your metadata text file. This is probably because some of the text in the spreadsheet was copied from Word. First, you can try to identify the character and correct it by hand. If that is not possible, try the steps found on the [[Diacritics]] page.

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*If no errors, chose "Export All Rows" and place the MODS output in the prepared MODS folder in the Digital_Coll_Complete directory.

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for information on how to upload MODS, see [[Uploading MODS]]

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Revision as of 10:18, 26 September 2012

Introduction

This page demonstrates how to create MODS files using Archivist Utility from an Excel metadata spreadsheet.

What You Need

Steps

Choose the "Text (Tab delimited)" option as shown if the metadata has no diacritics/ "foreign" characters in it.

If there are diacritics in the metadata, refer to Diacritics before proceeding.

Save the .txt file in a prepared "Metadata" folder in the Digital_Coll_Complete directory.

Open the .txt folder with your text editor.

Do a find and replace to remove all the quotation marks that have appeared during the export

Make sure the file is encoded as UTF-8 rather than ANSI or anything else. (In Notepad++, encoding will display in the bottom right corner of the screen. To change it, go to the Encoding menu and select Encode in UTF-8.)

Save the file.

Open Archivist Utility.

Load the correct MODS template by choosing the "Load XML Template".

For "old" metadata spreadsheets, this template is MODS-template_7.ds.xml

For m01 metadata spreadsheets, this template is AU_template.m01_5.xml

Both of these templates can be found in S:\Digital Projects\Administrative\forSoftware\ArchivistUtility

Chose the "Load Data" tab and select your .txt file.

Choose the "Update Output" tab to check for errors.

Choose the "Log" tab to check for an error report.

If you receive an error that reads "Invalid XML output, cannot tidy output," that means you have a diacritics issue (bad character) in your metadata text file. This is probably because some of the text in the spreadsheet was copied from Word. First, you can try to identify the character and correct it by hand. If that is not possible, try the steps found on the Diacritics page.

If no errors, chose "Export All Rows" and place the MODS output in the prepared MODS folder in the Digital_Coll_Complete directory.